26 Apr 1884
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1884
Page
1
Poem recounting a man’s life quest for a lily as a symbol of purity another scene features a radiant angel who tells lilies are for the little children and the speaker must wait until life’s heat ends and the goal is won to lay lilies with the stainless dead, as printed in Chicago Inter Ocean.
The piece cites telegraphy feats from Col J J S Wilson to shipwreck rescues and a San Francisco escape, then shifts to a village visit recounting Mrs Brown’s sharp gossip and moral judgments, concluding with a meet with John G. Saxe and Clark in a river-side reunion.
A visiting stranger surprises editor Lewis Gaylord Clark in his library, chatting with old cordiality and edging closer to Clark as the encounter unfolds. The exchange includes rustic humor, a request for drink, and playful jests about the editor’s habits and surroundings.
A poor miller in Rev. Duncan Dunbar's memoir raises funds to sustain a beloved pastor without asking members for money. He offers to take responsibility for one year, using his own stock and grain to cover the salary, proving the congregation was not poorer but more generous. The tale ends with a call for more such millers.
The New York Sun argues that resisting the impulse to strike after insults preserves dignity. A man may defend against physical attack, but retaliating with a fight over words lowers self for lack of settlement. True courage is controlled, avoiding association with blackguards and rough conduct.
The speaker condemns insults and blows, saying gentlemen do not defend truth with savage methods. Those who use opprobrious epithets deserve contempt and lose notice. If confronted by such a man, they avoid the quarrel and refuse to respond to vile street language.
Henry Clay, stricken by ill health in the winter of 1851 and 1852, stayed at the National Hotel awaiting spring to return to Ashland. Reported as frail yet gentle, his last words were spoken as Whig cheers rang in Philadelphia after Scott’s nomination. Mrs. Clay remained in Kentucky as a widow at seventy-one, with 12 children born of sorrow and a life ending in public reverence. Recollections by Ben Perley Poore note Clay’s enduring central place in the nation’s affections and General Jessup’s custody of Clay’s papers and duel aftermath.
An May Century editorial argues political reforms may come without traditional party methods as the old order wanes. It predicts reforms in government and law could be achieved by informed citizens inside or outside established parties, urging individuals to act together for special reforms and to let democracy reform itself.
A speaker voices in sorrow as a child mourns a lost loved one. The poem contemplates a grave separation and asks for divine pity. The speaker recalls the child left behind and describes sleepless nights, tears, and the ache of absence.
A jumble of humor on landlord woes and cold cures contrasts with a playful note on luck versus chance. The column urges a late night sky view revealing Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Orion, Sirius, Capella, Regulus, and Procyon in a rare celestial display.
A column of quirky quotes and observations includes Christopher Columbus in westward lore, 15 million cows claimed, untouched oleomargarine factories, Valley of Babyland, and jokes about mob dispersal. Other items note a Boston letter writer arguing geese outlast eagles, a printer wary of female coworkers, and a man entertaining both mothers while seeking lion-taming gigs.
A North Carolina letter describes a reptile called the joint snake. When attacked it splits into sections that each move independently and later rejoin, with a new tail growing after separation. A bystander notes a head can grow on the trunk, making two snakes.
Truth is the highest thing that man can keep. Reason should not regulate but supplement virtue. An obstinate man does not hold opinions they hold him. Eternity is long enough to make up for the ills of our brief troubled life here. People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after. Stories heard at mother s knee are never wholly forgotten. They form a fountain that never quite dries up in our journeyings through the scorching years. With every member of the house hold anxious to promote the welfare of each other by kind words and deeds how cheerful the family circle can be made. Even in the fiercest uproar of our stormy passions conscience though in her softest whispers gives to the supremacy of rectitude the voice of undying testimony.
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